Golf club



Dec. 14 1926.

wyMcNAlR GOLF CLUB Filed 001,. 1, 1926 1 :Jh/vento@ W111i am.. Mr: NELTPatentedDec, ld, 1926. A j v L y,

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application ma october i, 192s. serial no. 138,935.

rihis invention relates to golf clubs and Shank 12 which is flattened atits lower end has special reference to putters, the object portion,'asindicated at 13, whereby it may of the invention being to provide aneliibe inserted upwardly through the slot 9 cient club of suchconstruction that the of the cover before the cover is placed upon 60head may be easil adjusted for use by the hollow head-and have its shankengaged either a right hande or a left handed player in the threadedbore of the sleeve 2. `The -and may be also adjusted quickly and easilyylower end of the. shank is constructed with to suit any given lie. yrlrhe invention proa cross head 14 extending to lboth sides of videsmeans whereby the shaft may be disthe vshank and having its laterallyextend'- 05 posed at various angles to the head and-may ing terminals.tapered upwardly to form also be shifted longitudinally of the headteeth adapted to engage between the teeth to suit the taste or fancy ofany player and 11 on the ribs 1 0, it being noted uponreferwill beeliectually held in any set position ence to Fig. 2 that the taper ofthe teeth 15 so that the club may be used freely without is sharper thanthe taper of the teeth 11 70 l5. the elements being apt to bedisassembled. whereby, under certain conditions, the shank` r1`hesestated objects, and other objects which with its crosshead may be rockedupon the will incidentally appear in the course of ribs 10,"llnterposedbetween the rib 'l' and the following description, are attained in thelower end of the sleeve 2 is a'wedge such a device as is illustrated inthe accomor clamping memberl having a lower face 75 'sa panying drawing,and the invention resides adapted to rest lsquarely upon the ribs 7 incertain novel features which will be parand provided with transverseteeth 17. matticularly pointed out in the appended claims. ing with theteeth 8, as clearly shown in 1n the drawing: Figs. 1 and 2. Rising fromthe lower por- Fignre 1 is a perspective view of agolf tionpof thiswedge or clamping member is 80 club embodying the invention, the greateran inclined hub 18, the 'bore 19 of which portion of the shaft being`broken away; is considerably greater in diameter than the Figf2 is acentral .vertical longitudinal diameter of the shank 12 so that the saidsection of the same; f hub may surround the shank and at the saine cFig. 3 is: a transverse section, and i time permit a limited relativeangular move- 85 i Fig. 4 is a detail section on the linea-.at` ment ofthe shank. The lower end of the .age

of-Fig. 8. l V` u sleeve 2 rests upon ythe ,upper end ofthe flhe shaft 1is of thel usual form andis. hub 18 'and toavoid wear upon the opposed.constructed of wood or other preferred matesurfaces, the upper edge ofthe hub and the rial, a sleeve 2 being secured to the lower end f lowerend of the sleeve are both given an 90 of the shaft and provided with aninternally arcuate formation, as indicated at 2O in Figs.

threaded bore 3. The head i is a. hollow 2 and 3. metal casting which ispreferably of the To assemble the parts, the shank 12 is in- `form nowgenerally employed for putters, serted upwardly through the slot 9 inthe the striking face 5 being fiat and slightly cover 6 and the wedge 16is then fitted 95 inclined A. cover 6 is g secured upon the against thetop of the cover withJ its hub hollow lhead 4 and corresponds thereto-in housing the upper portion of the shank. The shape so that the edgesof the cover will be sleeve 2 is then engaged with. the projecting flushwith-the corresponding surfaces of the threaded end of the shankl and isturned body of the head when the parts are ashome against the wedgesufficiently to hold .100 15 sembled. The' cover is provided on itsupper the parts in their assembled relation. The side\with alongitudinally extending rib 7 cover-may then be placedupon the head ofhaving transverse teeth 8 formed'in its upper the club and secured byscrews, indicated at surface and having a central'vlongitudinal 21, inan obvious manner'. If the yparts are- A slot 9 terminating shortofitsends. On the assembled in the exactposition that the play-y 109i' underside ofthe cover at the sides of the er' desires, the shaft with thesleeve 2 mayv slot 9 are longitudinal ribs 10 having teeth be rotated soas to draw the teeth 15 of the y 11 formed transyersely in their loweredges, head 14J into close engagement with-the ribs` it being noted-uponreference to Fig. 3 that 10 and toclampthe wedge 16 uponthe cover. r ,Ythe opposed surfaces pf these ribs are flush Theinterengaging relatlonof the teeth 11 mi with and form continuations of the walls of and 15and the teeth 8 and 17 willthen very the slot 9.l Threaded into lthesleeve 2 is a eifectually prevent shifting of the shaft if.

longitudinally of the head while the clamping .action of the crosshead14 and the wedge upon the oppositecsu'rfaces of the cover willpositively prevent detachment of the head from the shaft. Obviously, the

parts may be assembled so that the shaft will be at the center of thehead or in front of or-behind the center. as may be preferred,

and in order to reverse the club so that it may be used by a'left handedplayer all that needs from the teethF 8 and the crosshead 14 lowto bedone is to loosen the sleeve 2 to such aA `degree that the clamp 16 maybe Withdrawnv ered sufficiently to clear the. teeth 11, where-` upon thehead. may be swung in a horizontal plane y'between the clamp and thecrosshead so that its striking face 5 will b e brought to the oppositeside of the wedge and the crosshead, the parts bein then tightened in.the new position. The s aft may be set at any desired angle, withinlimits, so thatv it may approach more closely to the vertical or to thehorizontal as may be -desired to suit the fancies of the player or `toadapt the club to any particular lie. To accomplish this result, thesleeve 20 is loosened lso that it may move freely across 'the upper endof the Wedge 16, whereupon the shaft and the shank 12 may be rockedabout the edge of the tooth 15 as a center, as indicated lby the dotted,

lines in Fi 2, thesleeve 2 being then rotated about t e'threaded portionof the shank 12 to agair clamp the parts itogether.

My device is exceedingly simple in con"-l struction and may be veryeasily adjusted to cover a wide range ofe'onditions in'play.

Having thus .described my invention, I

- claim:

1. The combination-l of a head, a shaftfand' -tov clamp the shank andtheing a bore greater than the diameter of the l intermediate shank wherebyto ermitangular adjust-ment of the shank and t e shaft. 4

4. The combination of a'hollow head having a longitudinal slotI initstop and provided with transverse teeth on the upper andlowersurfacesof its top, a s1 aft, a shank engaged with the shaft and pas ing throughi the longitudinal slot in the head and rovided Dat its lower end with amember adapted to engage with the teeth on the under side of the top ofthe head, and an intermediate member disposed between the shaft and thehead around the'shank, and providedin its lowerside with teeth engagingthe teeth on the uppersurface of the top of the head.

5. .The combination of a hollow head hav.

in'g a longitudinal slot initstop and provided internall verse teeth, asaft, a shank playing in the longitudinal lslot of the headr and providedat its lower end with a cross-head tapered upwardly to engage theinternal teeth of the head,'and an intermediate member provided on itsunderl surface with teeth engaging means adjustably connecting the shaftwith" the head whereby the shaft may be set at a selected point in thelength of the head. 2. The combination of a head, ashaft, a

i shank' connected with the shaft and engagethe external teeth of thehead and having an inclined bore receiving the shank end of apprciablygreater diameter than the, shank,- the shank having a vvthreadedengagement with the shaft.

In txstimony whereof I aflx my signature.

lWILLIAM xlIoNAIR. [nl 5.]

and externally. With trans-

